China’s Top Diplomat Urges U.S. to Abandon Trump’s ‘Misguided Policies’

The new U.S. government should abandon “misguided policies” that view China as a “strategic competitor or adversary” and work with Beijing to restore bilateral relations to a “predictable and constructive” track, China’s highest ranking diplomat urged Tuesday.

Yang Jiechi, a Communist Party Politburo member and foreign affairs director of its Central Committee, told a National Committee on U.S.-China Relations virtual event that former U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration adopted “misguided policies against China, plunging the relationship into its most difficult period since the establishment of diplomatic ties.”